Residency Planning FAQs - Urology

Why do students choose to train in your specialty? What is it they find attractive?

Urology is the ultimate broad diverse specialty with aspects of all other fields within it.Urology has a combination of outpatient clinical care as well as minor surgical procedures and major operative procedures.

What are the top 10 training programs nationally in terms of overall reputation?

Johns Hopkins

University of Maryland

University of Iowa

Northwestern

University of Michigan

Cleveland Clinic

Harvard (Brigham and Women's)

Indiana

Vanderbilt

Cornell

UCLA

What are some good regional programs?

University of Maryland

University of Pennsylvania

Jefferson (Philadelphia)

University of Virginia

Johns Hopkins

What are the strengths of the program here at the University of Maryland?

Surgery

Laparoscopy

What are the factors you look at when evaluating an applicant from most important to least important?

Grades

Board Scores

Hard work

Outgoing Personality

What advice do you have for University of Maryland students interested in your specialty?

Study hard, as board scores are key to getting good interviews

Do a urology rotation at your top picks and work hard to impress them

If students have more questions, whom in your department should they contact and how can they reach them?